Why is the first day of the school week so hard to wake up for? Your wild weekends may be to blame.
If you have one kind of sleep schedule for your weekdays and a different one on weekends, you’re throwing your entire sleep cycle (and appetite) out of sync, making it hard to get back on track when you go back into the work week. Sleep psychologists are calling this phenomenon “social jet lag,” and it’s caused by staying up later than usual and then sleeping in over the weekend.
Does this mean you have to cancel that dinner outing with your pals or that Game of Thrones bingefest? Not necessarily. Get into the habit of getting a full night’s rest during weeknights, so you’re not carrying sleep debt over into your Fridays. Scheduling a power nap during the first day of the week might also help you get right back into the rhythm.
So yes, you can have it both ways. Prioritising and planning are all it takes.
